Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 30 ?

HELEN BAMBER FOUNDATION

HBF is a human rights charity based in London, founded in 2005. Our specialist team of therapists, doctors and legal experts hold an international reputation for providing therapeutic care, medical consultation, legal protection and practical support to survivors of human rights violations. Previous Charity No: 1111048. All Accounts available on our website: http://www.helenbamber.org/accounts/.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£3,777£3,469£308£299£2,014£1,6825.86950
31/12/22£3,045£2,624£422£271£1,706£1,5146.95550
31/12/21£2,170£2,077£93£176£1,284£1,1906.94381
31/12/20£2,157£1,821£336£254£1,191£1,1747.736150
31/12/19£1,611£1,722£-111£242£855£8505.933160
31/12/18£1,694£1,420£274£202£966£9668.2280
31/12/17£1,365£1,242£123£197£692£6766.5220
31/12/16£1,069£1,112£-44£191£569£5375.8200
31/12/15£1,042£1,231£-190£190£613£6045.9210
31/12/14£647£1,070£-422£179£809£8099.1150
31/12/13£1,679£1,171£508£213£1,231£1,20512.3160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 5.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Comment: Fundraised income exceeded targets in 2018 from an unbudgeted one-off donation of £250,000 funded by players of the People' Postcode Lottery.

Due to recent growth in income and the above donation, the charity has allocated strategically designated funds amounting to £151,385 for planned expenditure in 2019. They hope to target improvement of communications, research, monitoring and evaluation, partnerships and office refurbishment.

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 12 years

www.helenbamber.org

reception@helenbamber.org

020 3058 2020

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for refugees & asylum seekers
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Postcode Justice Trust£1,100,000
Samworth Foundation£898,659
National Lottery Community Fund£450,000
Comic Relief£290,000
City Bridge Trust£261,000
AB Charitable Trust£205,000
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Trust for London£170,550
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Helen Bamber Foundation
£66,000 07/03/2024
24
The funding is for the Survivor Activism and Engagement Team to facilitate Helen Bamber Foundation's Ambassadors for Change advocacy programme for Survivors. Funding will also support the Ambassadors' knowledge and skills development, particularly ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£55,000 21/08/2023
An unrestricted grant of £55,000 (This grant is renewable - year 4 of up to 5 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. Helen Bamber Foundation provides a multi-disciplinary integrated model of care for survivors of human trafficking ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£240,000 26/05/2023
£240,000 over four years (£64,500, £61,500, £58,500, £55,500) towards core support to enable survivors of trafficking to access trauma-informed, specialist clinical care to rebuild their lives and engage with new opportunities to move forward.
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£600,000 28/02/2023
Regular unrestricted award
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£100,000 07/12/2022
Clinical and mental health suites in new premises providing trauma-informed support to people who have experienced trafficking or torture
Samworth Foundation - Modern Slavery & Exploitation
£600,000 30/11/2022
60
Unrestricted funding and fundig to support the development of a Trauma Centre.
Trust for London - Helen Bamber Foundation
£4,550 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8606
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£50,000 19/08/2022
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of up to 5 years). Helen Bamber Foundation provides a multi-disciplinary integrated model of care for survivors of human trafficking and torture. The survivors with whom they work ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£180,000 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing therapeutic support for survivors of human trafficking and torture in London.
Samworth Foundation - Emergency Funding
£100,000 25/03/2022
Emergency funding in response to the war in Ukraine
Samworth Foundation - Emergency Response Funding
£100,000 08/03/2022
12
Donation awarded to response to the conflict in Ukraine.
Postcode Justice Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£500,000 09/02/2022
Regular unrestricted award
National Lottery Community Fund - Strength to Fly
£350,000 02/12/2021
The funding will be used over 3 years to continue to deliver consistent holistic support to survivors of extreme human cruelty who have the most complex needs build on their expertise (grow impact) and drive forward systems change- influence better ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 15/10/2021
36
Helen Bamber Foundation: Specialist Housing and Welfare service for survivors of trafficking
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£58,000 02/08/2021
Funding for increased costs as service users are experiencing new and increasing vulnerabilities exacerbated by Covid-19
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£50,000 06/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 5 years). Helen Bamber Foundation provides a multi-disciplinary integrated model of care for survivors of human trafficking and torture. The survivors with whom they work ....more
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£25,759 07/12/2020
Funding to reduce the vulnerability and prevent re-trafficking due to the pandemic, by increasing staff hours to work on much needed protection for vulnerable people
Trust for London - Helen Bamber Foundation
£90,000 07/10/2020
36
This funding is for HBF’s Ambassadors of Change Programme, which will support a group of clients to champion change for survivors of torture and human trafficking. Ambassadors will promote the lived experience of survivors and have a positive ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Helen Bamber Foundation
£50,000 30/09/2020
6
Helen Bamber Foundation will needs to adapt 3 key services to ensure the safety and wellbeing of a vulnerable refugees and migrants, particularly survivors of human trafficking.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£50,000 07/07/2020
An unrestricted grant of £50,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). Helen Bamber Foundation provides a multi-disciplinary integrated model of care for survivors of human trafficking and torture. The survivors with whom they work ....more
Comic Relief - Helen Bamber Foundation Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£21,000 05/06/2020
£21,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,751 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Response
£100,000 11/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to support refugees and asylum seekers by offering mental health support via telephone and video calls from their therapy team.
Trust for London - Helen Bamber Foundation
£10,000 05/05/2020
3
The funding is for additional housing and welfare casework for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of trafficking and torture during the COVID19 crisis, plus a contribution to the costs of emergency relief and transitioning ....more
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£14,900 21/04/2020
12
Financial support to equip organisation to work from home; moving to remote working to enable our vital services to be delivered with minimal impact and disruption to clients has been our primary concern.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Helen Bamber Foundation
£5,000 09/04/2020
This application is for funding to provide internet enabled devices and online access for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of human trafficking and torture, which will have a significant impact on their safety and wellbeing ....more
Comic Relief - From surviving to thriving - rebuilding the lives of refugees and asylum seekers from the MENA.
£250,000 17/03/2020
36
Helen Bamber Foundation will support refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, who have experienced torture, trafficking and other acts of human cruelty resulting in trauma. It will provide an integrated model of care including mental & physical ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 14/02/2020
Specialist welfare and housing casework for refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of torture, human trafficking and extreme human cruelty
Samworth Foundation - Sexual Exploitation
£240,000 07/11/2019
36
Prevention: keeping survivors and potential victims safe
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£20,000 10/10/2019
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Helen Bamber supports refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of human cruelty, including human trafficking, sexual exploitation, gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. The services that they provide ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£10,000 29/05/2019
24
Happy Baby Community; specialist support group for vulnerable refugee mothers and children
Indigo Trust - Supporting refugees and asylum seekers with complex needs
£2,000 03/12/2018
Unrestricted funding.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£20,000 15/10/2018
£20,000 towards core costs. Helen Bamber supports refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of human cruelty, including human trafficking, sexual exploitation, gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. The services that they provide are ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£150,000 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a National project providing a range of specialist services for refugees and asylum seekers who have suffered physical, sexual and psychological violence, abuse and exploitation
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£100,000 31/01/2018
36
£100,000 over two further and final years (2 x £50,000) towards the f/t salary of the Head Therapist and associated costs for the delivery, evaluation and dissemination of the three-stage process to recovery for individuals in London exposed to ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£20,000 31/10/2017
£20,000 towards core costs. Helen Bamber supports refugees and asylum seekers who are survivors of human cruelty, including human trafficking, sexual exploitation, gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. The services that they provide are ....more
AB Charitable Trust - Protection and care for persecuted refugees
£20,000 30/06/2016
£20,000 towards core costs
Samworth Foundation - Child Sexual Exploitation, Trafficking & Slavery
£105,000 15/06/2016
36
To fund the core costs of the counter trafficking project.
Samworth Foundation - Child Sexual Exploitation, Trafficking & Slavery
£105,000 31/05/2016
To fund the core costs of the counter trafficking project.
Comic Relief - Refugee & Asylum Seeking Women’s Programme - for survivors of complex trauma including trafficking
£268,114 16/03/2016
44
Survivors of torture, war crimes, trafficking, slavery and violence are fleeing to the UK in increasing numbers. Female refugees and asylum seekers are particularly vulnerable and at high risk of re-victimisation. Helen Bamber Foundation in London ....more
The Segelman Trust - Grant to the Helen Bamber Foundation
£60,000 21/01/2016
36
For core costs to support the Foundation's model of integrated care
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Helen Bamber Foundation
£150,000 28/01/2015
36
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards the salary and related costs of the organisation’s Head of Therapies post.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

Who works here?

  • KERRY SMITH
    CEO
Kerry joined the Helen Bamber Foundation in May 2018. She started her career at the Refugee Legal Centre and as a trainee at Bhatt Murphy Solicitors. Moving into international humanitarian work, she was posted in Ethiopia and Columbia for the International Committee of the Red Cross before returning to work as a Gender Adviser at Amnesty International UK focusing on trafficking. She then moved to work on children in conflict at Save the Children ....more

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70
  • ADAM EPSTEIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR IAN WATT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Doctor
  • ELIZABETH ANNE MOTTERSHAW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister
  • JANINA JULIA KOWALSKA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant
  • JOHN SCAMPION Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
  • NANCY MCCARTNEY MS Appointed: 2020
  • OLIVIA CURNO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Fundraising
  • SAMANTHA PETER MS Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/11/2012, number: 1149652
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/2012, number: 08186281
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Helen Bamber Foundation
26 Westland Place
LONDON
N1 7JH

Objectives

2.1 The Charity is established for the following purposes for the benefit of the Beneficiaries: 2.1.1 to relieve their conditions of need, hardship or distress; 2.1.2 to preserve and protect their physical and mental health; 2.1.3 to advance their education and training so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community; 2.1.4 to advance public education about the position of and issues relating to the Beneficiaries, including gross violations of human rights, torture, atrocities and other forms of human cruelty and their effect on persons who suffer them; 2.1.5 assisting them in such other exclusively charitable ways as the Charity determines from time to time. 2.2 In this Article 2, “Beneficiaries” means individuals who: 2.2.1 are seeking asylum or other forms of protection in the UK; 2.2.2 have already been granted refugee status, humanitarian protection or other forms of protection status by UK immigration authorities; 2.2.3 have insecure immigration status or are stateless; 2.2.4 are vulnerable by reason of their experience of torture, trafficking, hostilities, genocides or other atrocities or human cruelty, 2.2.5 are vulnerable to destitution, exploitation, abuse, trafficking or other forms of human cruelty including but not limited to those outside their country of origin; and 2.2.6 the dependants of those mentioned in Articles 2.2.1 to 2.2.5 above.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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